Integration of a Teacher Dashboard in a Hybrid Support Approach for Constructing Qualitative Representations

We have developed a dashboard that aids teachers in monitoring the need for support that students may have while constructing qualitative representations. The software features a built-in automated support function that provides cues and hints when students’ representations deviate from the norm representation. The dashboard is thereby part of a hybrid support approach where teacher-, student-, dashboard-, and software-initiated support are available. We observed teachers’ use of the dashboard during three lessons. Teachers used the dashboard frequently and the most common subsequent support action involved general encouragements for students to progress or to correct errors in their representations. After the lessons we interviewed the teachers for the usability, usefulness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the dashboard. Teachers find the dashboard informative and easy to use. However, they also report to find it challenging to implement the dashboard in their routine for providing support.